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Figure 20.2
Evaluation of the Artifi cial Anasazi model: (a) comparison of landscape
occupancy in the Artifi cial Anasazi model and as reconstructed from the archæological
record; (b) time-series comparisons of number of households as observed (blue) and
predicted (red) by the models of Axtell et al. (2002) and Gumerman et al. (2003); and
(c) predictions of number of households in Long Valley in an earlier form of the model
Dean et al. (2000) with limited spatial and inter-agent heterogeneity (note different
y
-axis scaling); fi gure drafted by Nicky Perry, (after Kohler, 2005). Original artwork
by Lucy Reading-Ikkanda for Scientifi c American Magazine and reproduced with
permission.
